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This section provides links to current wildlife health information and resources using a number of different categories and areas of interest. News, resources and information focus on Australia but also include information from overseas. We hope this assists everyone finding out more about wildlife health topics of interest.

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Department of Environment; Australian Government

This Wildlife Conservation Plan for Migratory Shorebirds outlines national activities to support migratory shorebird conservation initiatives and provides a strategic framework to ensure these activities plus future research and management actions are integrated and remain focused on the long-term survival of migratory shorebird populations and their habitats.
For more information, visit the Department of Environment website here >>

27/8/2014 Australian Antarctic Division Website News >>: “The Threat Abatement Plan 2014 for the incidental catch (or bycatch) of seabirds during oceanic longline fishing operations was made on 14 August 2014. This Plan has been developed to address the key threatening process of ‘the incidental catch (or bycatch) of seabirds during oceanic longline fishing operations’ which is listed under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth). The Plan varies the Threat Abatement Plan 2006. This Plan is considered to be a feasible, effective and efficient approach to abating the threat to Australia’s seabird biodiversity during oceanic longline fishing operations. The goal of this Plan is to achieve zero bycatch of seabirds, especially threatened albatross and petrel species, in all longline fisheries. The Plan binds the Commonwealth and its agencies in responding to the impact of longline fishing activities on seabirds, and identifies the research, management and other actions needed to reduce the impacts of the key threatening process on affected seabird species. The Plan will be reviewed within five years.”

Australian Department of Environment

The protocols contain information of value to recovery teams, zoos, wildlife carers, veterinarians and aviculturists. They concentrate on quarantine matters and endangered psittacine birds, both captive and wild. In considering quarantine aspects, diseases of quarantine importance other than PBFD that can be detected by laboratory tests are included.

Follow link to Australian Department of Environment website >>to download sections of the document. Download the full document here >>(4.8 MB).

Australian Government Department of the Environment

Action plans and conservation overviews are major documents that have been produced by the Department since the commencement of the Endangered Species Program in 1989. Current action plans are in place for the a number of Australian fauna groups. Follow link to website to view the current action plans and conservation overviews.

Avian Exotic Diseases, Media article - Australia
Canberra Times 8 Sep 2007 http://www.promedmail.org/pls/promed/f?p=2400:1001:9916511045663189068::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_
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NOTE: It is our understanding that the events referred to in the newspaper article involving endangered Orange-bellied parrots are currently under investigation. Pacheco's disease has not been diagnosed and a definitive diagnosis is yet to be reached (Mod. R. Woods rwoods@zoo.nsw.gov.au.)

AUSVETPLAN is a series of technical response plans that describe the proposed Australian approach to an emergency animal disease incident. The documents provide guidance based on sound analysis, linking policy, strategies, implementation, coordination and emergency-management plans.

View the Avian Influenza AUSVETPLAN on theAnimal Health Australia website >>. It includes information about the disease, the relevant risk factors and their treatment, the options for the management of a disease outbreak depending on the circumstances, and the policy that will be adopted in the case of an outbreak.